Summer Time
A round-up of light, yet robust timepieces for him








Ball, Engineer II Green Berets. Titanium carbide case; black dial; automatic movement; luminescent hour markers and hands; date at 3 o'clock; nubuck leather strap
Certina, DS Podium Chronograph GMT Aluminum. Aluminum case; tachymeter on the bezel; quartz movement; GMT function, EOL (end-of-life) warning system and datum indicator at 6 o'clock; rubber band
Hublot, Techframe Ferrari 70 Years Tourbillon Chronograph. Titanium case; manual winding movement; five-day power reserve; rubber strap
Mühle Glashütte, Seebataillon GMT. Titanium case with bidirectional bezel; automatic movement; second time zone and 24-hour display; stop second; fast date correction; rubber strap
Rado, HyperChrome Ultra Light. Matte ultra-light high-tech ceramic case; dark grey dial and black applied indexes with black Super-LumiNova dark grey flange; automatic movement; date at 6 o'clock; grey leather strap
Richard Mille, RM 50-03 Tourbillon Split Secs Chronograph Ultralight McLaren F1. Case features Graph TPT Carbon; manual winding movement; 70-hour power reserve; baseplate and bridges in carbon fibre and titanium; rubber and graphene strap
Tudor, Pelagos LHD (for left-handed wearers). Titanium and steel case; titanium unidirectional bezel; black dial; automatic movement; date at 3 o'clock; titanium bracelet
Zenith, Defy El Primero 21 44mm. Titanium case; open-worked dial: automatic movement; 1/100 of a second chronograph with power reserve indication at 12 o'clock; hours and minutes in the centre; 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock and 60-second counter at 6 o'clock; alligator leather strap
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